Midlife crisis

Help! I'm turning 40 this summer and it might as well be 100. I don't want a Porsche or a new boy toy, but I feel like old decrepit granny days are just around the corner. Meme me and make me feel better please!

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I just turned forty and I am a gramdma! I am actually watching a lot of inspiring you tube videos by universe guru and trying to change my life. I want to get in the best shape of my life, stop dressing like a big frump everyday and maybe figure out how to apply make up

Don't let forty get you down. I still feel so young. My mom is sixty and my kids still see her as young and full of energy. I want to be like her. She rides roller coasters with them, travels all over. She's even been to Africa!

I just turned 40 and I've been doing a boxing cross fitness thingo. Honestly I've never felt sexier. Even though I definitely don't have my 19 year old body,I am much more secure than I was when I was 20. I am fit and strong. Still fluffy with stretch marks but I'm fit and DH (dear husband) can't get enough.
My point is, I was down too but actually joining this class really helped me with my self esteem and body image and got me back into shape.

Sorry...you didn't mention your current fitness level. Maybe you're already a gym junkie and I'm out of line 😂😂😂 Just bringing it up because I was feeling shit but joining this class made me feel fit and strong...and YOUNGER

I do go to the gym regularly but I could step it up a lot. I have always been obese and within the last few years I've become much more fit. I had a moment of panic last night thinking about how young I feel versus how old I'm perceived. Nobody tells you that that will happen. At least nobody told me.

Meh. I am 42, mentally feel about 22, physically some mornings feel about 72. Some days I still get carded, and others the cashiers call me ma'am.

But I hear you on the perception thing. I was just pondering that the other day. You get to a certain age, and its like you don't exist anymore. And if they do notice you its because you are dressed inappropriately or you have done something embarrassing, LOL.

The good news is you also get to a point where you don't give a RA what other people think about you, so there is that.

I do go to the gym regularly but I could step it up a lot. I have always been...

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02/11/2017

I do go to the gym regularly but I could step it up a lot. I have always been obese and within the last few years I've become much more fit. I had a moment of panic last night thinking about how young I feel versus how old I'm perceived. Nobody tells you that that will happen. At least nobody told me.

I think the worse is you become invisible to men. What I mean is that the attention, and perhaps and mostly likely unwanted attention, you received as a younger woman goes away.

I just turned forty and I am a gramdma! I am actually watching a lot of inspi...

Posted
02/11/2017

I just turned forty and I am a gramdma! I am actually watching a lot of inspiring you tube videos by universe guru and trying to change my life. I want to get in the best shape of my life, stop dressing like a big frump everyday and maybe figure out how to apply make up

Don't let forty get you down. I still feel so young. My mom is sixty and my kids still see her as young and full of energy. I want to be like her. She rides roller coasters with them, travels all over. She's even been to Africa!

Go on Pinterest for makeup looks! There are lots. Contouring and all that is actually really easy!

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